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Here are the most visited sites in Washington, D.C. (from 1996 figures, the latest available)*:
Site: National Air and Space Museum
Annual Visitors: 6,983,681
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Site: National Gallery of Art
Annual Visitors: 4,731,775
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Site: National Museum of American History
Annual Visitors: 4,656,890
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Site: Arlington National Cemetery
Annual Visitors: 4,500,000
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Site: National Zoo
Annual Visitors: 3,000,000
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Site: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Annual Visitors: 1,927,227
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Site: Lincoln Memorial
Annual Visitors: 1,190,961
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Site: Smithsonian Castle Building
Annual Visitors: 1,823,757
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Site: White House
Annual Visitors: 1,179,458
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Site: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Annual Visitors: 1,230,191
*Note: List is not all inclusive; some sites were unable to provide visitor counts.
Source: Washington, D.C. Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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